Finistère
Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.department of
Brittany
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in north-western
France
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and also a town within the commune.
The commune includes the town of Plouénan and the hamlets of Kerlaudy, Pont-Éon, and Lopreden. It forms part of the Pays de Léon area.
Toponymy
The name of the area has appeared in a number of forms including Plebs Lapidea in 884, Plebs Menoen around 1150, Ploebenon in 1277, Plouenouven in 1279, Plebenoen in 1306, Ploe Benoan around 1330, Plebevenan in 1405, Ploebenan in 1467, Ploemenan in 1453, and Ploemenan in 1481.
Plouénan comes from the
Breton language
Breton (, , ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic languages, Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albei ...
word "ploe" meaning parish et Menoen, who was a Breton saint.
Education
The town of Plouénan has two primary schools - one public and one private.
L’école Simone Veil is the public school. The school was founded in 1816 and was, at the time, only open to boys. The school moved to its current site in 1906. In 1946, a parents' association (L'Amicale Laïque) was formed to raise funds for the school and children. At various points during the year, it holds events including the annual kermesse. In 2017, the school, then known simply as L'école Publique du Bourg, was renamed in honour of
Simone Veil
Simone Veil (; ; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as health minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman t ...
- the renaming ceremony took place on 24 June 2017. In 2017/2018, the school welcomed 109 children. The school was in the first wave of schools to return to a four-day week pattern (with the school remaining closed on Wednesdays).
L’école Notre Dame de Kérellon is a private school aligned to the Catholic church. In 2015/2016, the school had 131 children.
Population
Inhabitants of Plouénan are called in French ''Plouénanais''.
See also
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Communes of the Finistère department
The following is a list of the 277 Communes of France, communes of the Finistère Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):